Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 1, 28 August 1945, Page 4

Local and General

No Free Bus to Edgecumbe Dance There will be no free bus to the Druid's Lodge dance this evening at Edgecumbe,. Owing to an error the line announcing this fact was inserted in last Friday's advertisement. Patrons please note. Cockayne Memorial Subscriptions to the fund opened by the Forest and Bird Society to erect a memorial to the late Dr. Leonard Cockayne, New Zealand's famous botanist now amount to £ILL They are acknowledged in the August issue of Forest and Bird. Edgecumbe Re<s Cross Effort A very successful tlat was held in the Red Cross shop in "VVha'katane on August 24, by the Edgecumbe branch of the Red Cross. The winners of raffles drawn were: Dinner Mrs 11, McNaughton ticket No. 54 46 Salonaki Street; dressed rooster' No. 22 } Mrs H. Ash worth; hairpin dressing set, No. -31. H. Coffin; inlaid fruit bowl No, 100. B. C. Proffitt; box of chocolates No. 15 s Colleen Mexted. N.Z. Peace Stamps In amplification of his reply to a recent Parliamentary question about New Zeajand peace stamps to be issued following the conclusion of hostilities in Japan the acting-Postmaster-General (the Hon. F. Jones) stated that the full series comprised 11 denominations ranging from a halfpenny to one shilling. The halfpenny denomination depicted a beautiful and peaceful New Zea,land scene—Lake Matheson and the Southern Alps—and was* a fitting introduction to a peace series of stamps. A "Woman's Crowning Glory A girl has been able to support her family as well as herself on the proceeds from exhibitions of her beautiful head of hair. She exhibited at the Paris World Fair in 1937 and the New York World Fair of and again at Ripley in 1940. Her tresses far exceed the regulation length for the services;, they are 36in. long and weigh 4.%1b. When washing this ol hair she has to sit with it pegged to a line to dry. It is washed once a quarter and is brushed daily for two hours.

Time Off to Think "Advances in the dairying industry will be brought about not only by hard manual work, but also—and perhaps more important still—by farmers taking time -off to think and plan ? " declared Mr C. M». Hume retiring herd recording supervisor for the New Zealand Dairy Board in his reply at a valedictory gathering of the jVlassey Agricultural College, staff. More could be accomplished by work and periods of quiet planning than by incessant labour from daylight until long after 'ark. Dangerous D.D.T. D.D.T. the wonder insecticide which has done so much to keep the Allied armies free from insect-born disease, can be a menace to man's welfare if indiscriminately used states a contributor to Forest and Bird. It 'kills beneficial as well as harmful insects ami could make a clean sweep of all insects that pollinate flowers, for example. This would mean that there would be no fruit or honey and red clover and many other useful plants could not seed. Its indiscriminate use would also result in the extermination of those birds that feed on insects. Recent Assault Case [ (

In connection with the charge against Piatt Merito who appeared in the J.P.s Court last week on, a charge of assault we have learnt from Mr Williamson, the victim of the attack that in the process of the Scuffle, the little finger of his left hand is now permanently partially disabled. He claims further that it was as a result of the defendant's loud argument with Mrs Williamson and his aggressive manner generally that his attention was first attract-* ed to the dining room. It was only when the defendant persisted in his attitude that the struggle ensued and during the course of this, two other Maoris came to the defendant's assistance. Mr ' Williamson states that he feels the report as it appeared in Friday's issue is not a true reflection of the facts and lie therefore has asked us t© print the above.